National Poll Shows Public Knows Little About Long Term Care

USC’s aging program had a tee shirt- ” Aging is everybody’s business”. So is long-term care and preparing for it. However, we have a huge problem. A national poll on long term care funded by the SCAN Foundation  found out that there are widespread misperceptions of the cost of long-term care, with most Americans underestimating the cost of nursing home care and overestimating what Medicare will cover. Scan is an aging foundation dedicated to aging and long term care. Find out more from SCAN